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Murphy
Mira:
--- Quote from: Bad Alias on July 22, 2020, 04:21:55 PM ---It seems like Murphy's decision is to be in the thick of it. She's just a liability in such a situation. Even being a driver would be a huge liability. If a car gets stuck, it's a death trap. Murphy doesn't have a lot of mobility. An overwatch position has the same problems if she needs to change positions. She really needs to be in REMF position.
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Yes, this isn't about her and her desires.. Yes, I get it she wants to fight for her city, but in her condition she is more apt to get other people also fighting for her city killed or injured. And there is a task she can do in her present state, protect a group that need protecting and if it really hits the fan she will get all the fighting she can handle.
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Under such circumstances, following your heart and doing what you really want is not a bad choice at all. At least one won't die in regret afterwards even if things end up in tragedy. Besides, who knows? Miracle could happened.
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It is, if it gets others killed... No regrets? Um if they win and some people die because she was in a place she had no business being in following her heart, you can bet she will have LOTS of regrets, the kind that do not go away if she has any conscience at all.
ClintACK:
We seem to be making a lot of assumptions about what role Murphy will insist on having in Battle Ground.
She didn't insist on being part of the infiltration team in Peace Talks, just on being there to back Harry up rather than leaving him alone with the Whamps. Freydis thought, like a lot of you, that she was a handicap rather than an asset. Murphy proved her wrong.
Let's give her a chance to make some reasonable decisions about what role she can carry out -- with one notable exception in Skin Game, where she got played by Nico, she's been doing a good job about making that call for a dozen books or so.
Arjan:
There is no reason to think she gets others killed besides herself. Not if we look at everything that happened until now. She handled things she could handle and Harry was not protecting her more than normal. Probably less than normal. She used her brain. Her bringing danger to other people than herself is not shown in the text once.
huangjimmy108:
--- Quote from: Arjan on July 23, 2020, 04:04:35 PM ---There is no reason to think she gets others killed besides herself. Not if we look at everything that happened until now. She handled things she could handle and Harry was not protecting her more than normal. Probably less than normal. She used her brain. Her bringing danger to other people than herself is not shown in the text once.
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Besides, how do you know if something could get someone killed and another thing would not? This is war, not a simulation game. We also knowthe the result of taking more responsibility than your power could handle. That is arrogance of the highest degree. Even Harry, a wizard with far greater power than most, has been warned by Michael in SG not to take such a burden on himself. How could we expect Murphy to carry the same burden?
Power equal responsibility. The problem is, Murphy has very little power to begin with. and now that she is no longer an officer and injured to boot, she has even less. This meant that she has very little responsibility. Almost none in fact. It is not fair to place the safety of the entire paranet or any other person upon her. She might carry this burden in the past. She once a officer of the law and she was once a capable fighter, but that is no more.
She is no longer an officer. No longer a KoTC candidate. No need to keep the holy swords safe. She is free to do what she wants to do now. All of ther bonds is gone. No duty, no concern, only her love remains.
PS: This is a single minded Murphy with all limiters off...
Why do I get the chills when I wrote this?
Must be just my imagination.
Mira:
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Power equal responsibility. The problem is, Murphy has very little power to begin with. and now that she is no longer an officer and injured to boot, she has even less. This meant that she has very little responsibility. Almost none in fact. It is not fair to place the safety of the entire paranet or any other person upon her. She might carry this burden in the past. She once a officer of the law and she was once a capable fighter, but that is no more.
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Then maybe she should sit this one out if what you say is true.. Because her first response to Harry when he suggested it, was paraphrasing that she was capable "of handling herself." Well, if she is, then lending her wisdom and protective instincts to the paranet would be perfect.
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